Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Saudi Arabia detects new corona infection at Jeddah airport

The Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday evening that a new case of Coronavirus (Coved-19) for an Egyptian citizen passenger coming from New York heading to Cairo through King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah.


Thermal health surveillance cameras detected a rise in the patient's temperature, and he was isolated from the airport directly and taken to a hospital in Jeddah.

The passenger was in Egypt before heading to the United States in the 14 days prior to his arrival at Jeddah airport, thus bringing the total number of recorded cases of infection with the new Coronavirus inside the Kingdom 21 cases.


The Ministry of Health assures everyone that all reported cases are currently isolated, and they are being dealt with and providing the necessary health care according to the approved procedures.

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